C program to print half diamond of stars

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C program to print half diamond of stars

To print the half diamond pattern in C like below follow the below C code.

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Program:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
int main()
{
  int n, star;

  printf("Enter number of rows: ");
  scanf("%d",&n);

  for(int i=1; i< 2*n; i++)
  {
    if(i < n) star=i;
    else star = abs(2*n-i);

    for(int j=1; j<=star; j++)
    printf("*"); 

    printf("\n");
  }
  return 0;
}

Output:

Enter number of rows: 5
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